Pectinistemma ceramicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Urocoptoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Tectipleura Subcohors: Panpulmonata Superordo: Eupulmonata Ordo: Stylommatophora Subordo: Helicina Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Urocoptoidea

Familia: Epirobiidae
Genus: Pectinistemma
Species: Pectinistemma ceramicum

Name

• Pectinistemma ceramicum Thompson, 2012: 198, figs 16A–D

Holotype: UF 226379; collected 17 July, 1994 by Fred G. Thompson, Elizabeth L. Mihalcik and Val J. Roessling.

Type locality: MÉXICO: Nuevo León State, Cerro Peña Nevada, an open oak forest on a limestone talus slope, 3 km southwest of La Encantada (23.9214º N, 99.805º W), 2520 m alt.

Etymology: The species name ceramicum is from the Classical Greek, κεράμικος, earthen. The name alludes to the clay-like coloration of the shell.

References

• Thompson, F.G. 2012: The land snail genus Epirobia and allied genera in México and Central America, with the description of a new family, the Epirobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Urocoptoidea). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 51(3): 167-215. PDF Reference page.